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United Brethren

American  

noun

  1. a Protestant denomination, of Wesleyan beliefs and practices, founded in 1800.


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The denomination, formed in 1968 by a merger of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church, is the second-largest Protestant church in the U.S. after the Southern Baptist Convention.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2022

The denomination — pre-unification with the United Brethren Church — was among the first to ordain women, recognizing womens' right to preach in 1956.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2020

Mary Ann died in 1911 and was laid to rest in St. John’s United Brethren Cemetery in Port Trevorton.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2018

No further details were immediately available on the patient, identified by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ as Dr. Martin Salia, 44.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2014

That afternoon we walked uptown and a block beyond to the United Brethren Church.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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